Scoliosis and Kyphosis

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I was born with congenital scoliosis, I had yearly check ups with my doctor to make sure my curve wasn't getting out of control. My curve moved about 2-3 degrees every year, I was told it was pretty standard. I had started dancing at the age of 3, and since I was dancing 20+ hours a week, it was

hi all, i fractured my T10 vertabrae last august due to kyphosis, had a "kyphoplasty" operation where they did minimal surgery, injected a ballooon inside the vertabrae, inflated/deflated it and filled it with bone cement, this has leftme with a significant curvature of th spine, im seeing a

Hi, I had a scoliosis curvature of the spine & had 2 rods placed on my spine to correct it, I had this op 11 years ago & I was wondering if anyone else has had this are you still in pain in the years to follow the op. I've had to have the top cut off them as they came away & were stickin out the

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Hello, I'm a newbie to all this but am so relieved to find other sufferers on here. I was diagnosed earlier this year as having had Scheuermanns as a child. I've had progressively worse problems since my early twenties and am now 36. Had years of tests, misdiagnosis etc. anyway, am here now and

I went to a demonstration of the 'Raindrop Technique' and had the idea of asking whether it had any effect on scoliosis. Yes, was the reply, and once she had the privilege of treating a 13 year old girl whose head was practically touching her shoulder. After the first session her head was 1/3 of

Hi anyone,ive recently been diagnosed with scheuremanns disease & im not entirely sure what to expect in the future? Im a 37 year old male & this illness has affected me & my life in a massive way!! I've been on long term sick from work (6 months) & the way things are looking I may even become

My doctor said yesterday that he is referring me to pain management what do they do at pain management? My doctor increased my fentanyl patch to 75mg (from 50mg) yesterday and said he is going to refer me to pain management (I have scoliosis) and said that when I go to pain management they will

Hi Ive got Scoliosis Kyphosis and have had bone fusion many years ago. Im currently suffering severe pain just where my spine curves and have had local anasthetic injections but they have not improved anything. Can anyone let me know of any other measures that I can approach to be able to live

I was diagosed with Scheurmanns when I was 22. I am now 50. Apart from being prescribed Oral Morphine and other 'pain killers', and having had CT and MRI scans, X-Rays, direct pain killing injections (including epidural), the condition continues to get ever more painful and progressively worse by

Can someone please give me advive I am 67 llady who is only 4 wks out of surgewry and can only manage small sit downs of 10-15 mins na dspend alot of time lying down I am worried I am lying down too much

Hi All, Does anyone with scoliosis/kyphoscoliosis know anything about, or tried, the non-surgical treatment for scoliosis and postural correction at the Scoliosis SOS Clinic in London? I'm giving this some serious consideration but it's expensive and is a huge commitment. Just thought it would

hi all, I am a 35 yr old male and I have mild scoliosis and worse-than-mild kyphosis. I live alone in a house and about 2 years ago I began to find it difficult to do stuff around the house, eg. Housework, hoovering, washing the car, etc. This has progressively got worse and now I find any physical

Hi guys! Some of you may recognise me from a previous post - the responce that I got from that was truely amazing so thank you all very much! Anyway, to the issue at hand: I am a 15 yr old female with scoliosis, kyphosis and lordosis - but I have also been recently diagnosed with having holes in 7

My grandson has been diagnosed with congential scoliosis at 6 months old. Since this is all new to me and my family we have tons of questions. I was hoping maybe someone could reach out and help us. Here is what we know for sure. He has a 28 % curve and a hemevertabre at T1 and T2 . He also has 13

Has anyone else suffered with painful knee joints having had Scheuermanns? Is this common? Notsciatic pain, just a sharp, twisting pain that makes my knee joints feel unstable. I was offered a cortisone injection a while back but people I know who've had them say they are painful, offer

Scheurmann's Kyphosis: I hope the following thoughts give comfort to people with this, and encourage them to obtain treatment. a i am male aged 63. From adolescence I thought my round back was caused by bad posture (it is not). Last November 2014 I started to have pain in the middle back. In short:...

Hi, I am a 14 year old female currently going through a major academic exam stage of my life, I have idiopathic scoliosis which is currently between 36'-37' in my thoracic and lumbar spine, and I am getting significant amounts of pain in my lumbar spine. I was diagnosed 2 years ago, and due to my

hi everyone. i was 13 when i was diagnosed with my scoliosis and i was refered to a surgeon at the RVI in newcastle. i did not go through with the surgery when i was that age but now i wish i had. I am now 19 years old and i am in alot of pain most of the time. i got told i should not be having

My husband was diagnosed with scoliosis as a teenager due to his legs being different lengths. 2inches in fact. But was too frightened to have the operation as he had heard and seen so many horror stories. He is now 35yrs old and is in severe agony all the time. His curve in his spine has got

I don't actually know that much about scoliosis etc, but I've known I've had one for probably a decade or so (I'm 31 now) - last time I saw the osteopath it had gone from being referred to as slight to moderate. My mother also has a scoliosis - her spine is both bent and twisted - she now has a

Hello. I've noticed that there is a significant muscle/size difference between the left and right side of my back, with my right side being bigger. Also, I saw that my left shoulder looks higher than my right. Is there a way to correct this issue? or is this a permanent problem? Is it scoliosis?

Hi everyone, was wondering if you could answer a few questions. I have congenital scoliosis and I look incredibly wonky, however I understand why this is. Something I don't understand is my hip shapes. I'm guessing they're out of line aswell, as you can see they are. But the left side of my body

I am 23 weeks pregnant and have been told my baby has a hemivertabra at the bottom of its back. The doctors cannot give me much information they say they won't be able to tell me much until after baby is born. All the information I have found is when people have been diagnosed at an older age or

So you've probably seen my other posts in the group, and I would just like to say a massive thank you to everyone who has given me advice and support - it has helped me so much! Anyway, onto the topic at hand, I am now 15 years old and after being disagnosed with scoliokyphosis quite late and told

i was diagnosed at 38 with disease. Born with only half vertebra at t-7. Have had severe mid back back and recently seems like my rib cage on left side is protruding forward. Right before this happened I was have some sharp pains on that side when breathing. Anyone has these things happen?

Hi all - my 13 year old daughter had her first specialist appointment yesterday and had confirmation that her curved spine is scoliosis. Her specialist has asked for an MRI and further x-rays as he feels it is measuring more like 65 degrees (was only 48 degrees two months ago) and so he delivers

I was born with congenital scoliosis, I had yearly check ups with my doctor to make sure my curve wasn't getting out of control. My curve moved about 2-3 degrees every year, I was told it was pretty standard. I had started dancing at the age of 3, and since I was dancing 20+ hours a week, it was

My 9 yr old daughter has recently been diagnosed with scoliosis and her MRI scan has picked up a cervical spinal cord lesion , does anybody know what this means or have any experience of this ? Thanks Lindsey

Hi all, I'm doing a presentation on congenital scoliosis as this is the condition I have. I was wondering if anyone has some X-rays to use along side mine so people can see the development if untreated. Many thanks meg x

Hello I had an MRI back in May to check out my recent diagnosis of Scoliosis (right thoratic). The concern was that the curve is actually quite small but the pain is horrid and as pain killers seem to have no affect on me, they thought it needed further investigaiton. So I had a consult with a

Hi, All my life from the age of twelve my spine has always been painful and it wasn't till I was aged 60 when I was told I had osteoarthritis of the spine and oh! did I know I had Sciliosis! Probably born with it. The problem is obviously parents and most grown ups believe if children complain with

I have kyphosis/hunchback but do not need spine surgery. It's on my right side and the whole right side is swollen. It is tight muscles in the neck bu there is some type of bone in my shoulder making the muscles tight because they are trapped around the bone. Anyone know what the bone might be called?...

hi all, i fractured my T10 vertabrae last august due to kyphosis, had a "kyphoplasty" operation where they did minimal surgery, injected a ballooon inside the vertabrae, inflated/deflated it and filled it with bone cement, this has leftme with a significant curvature of th spine, im seeing a

I am a 19 year old female that lives in the uk - Leeds area. I am under dr gummerson for my surgery but it isn't until the end of the year so like October / November / December time. Still awaiting a date Can anyone give me any advice on pain relief tip that helped you during your wait up to